"Then you will have to look at an experienced integrator." "You mean a used and discarded one." "We could quibble over narrow distinctions and shades… - Matt Hughes

I realized that Chumblot’s brief had told only the official story which, as in many sophisticated societies, departed starkly from the practical facts.

Things are as they were meant to be.
“But it was arranged so by you and me.”
Then we are instruments of fate.
“Knowing instruments,” said Filidor.
How does that make a difference?

"Your remarks demonstrate how proximity narrows perspective," said Gaskarth. "Events in and of themselves are less pertinent than the effects and interpretations to which they give rise."